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This blog is an exploration of daily magic, featuring wild plants, creative recipes, meaningful ceremonies, and writings about our shared humanity. 

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Welcome to the Wondersmith's Writings! Here you can find magical recipes featuring foraged ingredients, musings on food and ceremony, and meaningful rituals to explore your own everyday magic. Though I have been focused on other writing pursuits, I am keeping all of my blog content up as a resource for you. You can use the search bar below to find what you are looking for. (Please note that sometimes you need to refresh the page to see the search results.) Happy reading! If you'd like to support my goal to spread magic far and wide, consider contributing to my patreon program!

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Posts tagged dairy free
Magnolia Magic: Caramel Magnolia Bundt Cake

This soft, moist, rich cake is full of the unmistakably enchanting flavor of spring magnolias, accented by a delicious caramel icing and candied magnolia tepals! It’s gluten and dairy free and keeps well for several days (if it makes it that long…)

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Secret Recipe: Chocolate Chaga Ammolite Crepe Cake!

This cake contains many wonders, from chaga-infused chocolate crepes and ganache, to a nutty coconut frosting, to a big beautiful tempered chocolate decoration inspired by ammolite fossils!

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Plant-Based Double Rainbow Lasagne

This plant-based naturally-colored lasagne is a showstopper, both in flavor and in presentation. It’s a big project to undertake, but the process is fun and engaging! Give it a try to celebrate everything the rainbow stands for.

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Dandelion Sweet Potato Waffles with Banana Caramel Sauce (establishing a weekly ritual)

These delicious spring waffles are gluten-free, plant-based, free from refined sugars, and absolutely unquestionably DELICIOUS. Establishing a weekly breakfast ritual in your household can build community and get you through tough times together. This recipe is a great place to start.

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Full Happiness Treasure Pudding

This beautiful dessert is full of refreshing flavors: lots of fresh and dried fruit, creamy rice pudding infused with a special ingredient, and a strawberry and pineapple filling to bring some brightness and cheer to late winter days!

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Terrarium Trifle and The Importance of Foundation

This trifle is delicious, beautiful, and filled with late summer produce! It also carries with it an important message of how important foundations are in forging ahead with creative projects. When is the last time you got business advice from a dessert? Maybe it’s time to start now. ;)

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